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WooCommerce Membership Paywall Plugin: build your own, pay once

Let visitors read a few articles free, then ask them to join. Describe it and Ora builds a WooCommerce membership paywall plugin for your store.

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Try it on a practice WooCommerce site for 7 days with 2 free changes. Pay from $9 once only if you keep it.

Example: paywall
Join to keep reading
Free articles3 per month
Read so far3
PreviewFirst paragraph
Join now
Illustration only. Your plugin follows your own rules.

What your Membership Paywall plugin does

A focused plugin that counts the articles a visitor reads and shows a join or log in box once the free allowance is used.

Free article count
Visitors read a set number for free.
Paywall message
A join or login prompt after the limit.
Search friendly
Search engines can still read the content.
One settings page
Its own item in your WordPress admin menu, so options are easy to find and change.
Good to know: It limits free reading by count. Metering by time and per section are separate options.

Tell Ora what you need. Check the plan before you pay.

Describe your WooCommerce Membership Paywall Plugin in your own words. Ora replies with a plan and a price. Nothing is built until you approve it.

Example request
Let visitors read three articles a month for free. On the fourth, show a short preview and a join or log in box. Members read everything, and Google should still be able to read the full article.
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Here is the plan:
  • Three free articles a month
  • Preview and join box on the fourth
  • Members read all articles, and search engines see the full text for indexing
  • A settings page in its own menu in your WordPress admin
Complex build · $39 once
In this build: Splitting by section and payments for a single article are not in this plan.
Want more? Add it to your request:
  • Day pass. Sell a one day pass.
  • Reset day. Reset the count on the first of the month.
Add these to my request and get a quote
Ora builds it together with the plugin and the quote goes up to match. You see the new price before you pay. One plugin never costs more than $39. If it needs more than one plugin, Ora quotes each one. Or add it later as a separate build.

How to set up Membership Paywall

Here is how to get a Membership Paywall plugin from idea to working plugin on your site. Most of the work is a few decisions, and these steps walk through them.

1. Choose the free allowance
How many articles, over what period, and which post types count.
2. Write the paywall message
The preview, the join button and the login link.
3. Describe it to Ora
Paste your own version of the example request on this page, or start from one of the examples, and change the details. Ora replies with a plan and a price, and nothing is built until you approve it.
4. Test on the practice site
Read articles as a visitor on the practice site until the paywall, then log in as a member and check access.
Common snags:

No yearly fee for your WooCommerce Membership Paywall Plugin

Looking for an alternative to the paid WooCommerce Memberships extension from WooCommerce? It lists at $199 a year. Your own version is a one-off.

the paid WooCommerce Memberships extension from WooCommerce
$199 / year
After 1 year$199
After 3 years$597
Your own WooCommerce Membership Paywall Plugin on Pluginora
$19–$39 once
After 1 yearthe same
After 3 yearsthe same
Includes5 free changes

Paid plugin price is the list price for one site, as shown on the seller's site in October 2026. The price of your build depends on its size. Ora quotes it before you pay. The paid product may do more than the plugin described above.

Start from an example

Pick one to open the builder with it filled in, then change anything you like.

Three free articles
Allow three free articles a month.
Preview
Show the first paragraph and a join box.
Members only
Let members read everything.

Questions

Is there a free WooCommerce Membership Paywall plugin?

Free ones may exist. Build your own when you want exact behavior and nothing extra.

Will search engines still see my articles?

You can let search engines read the full text while visitors see the paywall. Check the current search engine guidelines for paywalled content.

How does it count articles?

By a cookie or by login, which you can choose. Visitors can clear a cookie, so logged in counts are stricter.

Do I need WooCommerce?

Yes. This plugin is built for WooCommerce stores and works with your products, pages and customers. You don't need to buy the paid WooCommerce Memberships extension from WooCommerce.

Can I get a refund?

The trial fee is refunded automatically if a build fails. A purchased plugin can be refunded within 14 days if it doesn't do what the approved plan said and Ora can't fix it, as long as it hasn't been downloaded or installed.

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Describe your Membership Paywall plugin. See it working on a practice store.

$1 trial on a practice site. No yearly renewal.

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